Re: gnuplot alternatives on Windows

[Robert A. Macy]

Understand,

How about decimated data presentations.  That's real time.

Or, max/min bars showing the decimated data so no peaks or
valleys get lost.

Just how big is the plot?  

            - Robert -

On Tue, 30 May 2006 10:28:09 -0500
 Quentin Spencer <address@hidden> wrote:
> Robert A. Macy wrote:
> 
> >Uh, ....when you plot, you're just "looking" at the
> data,
> >not preserving it.  So why show it all?
> >
> >I have a similar problem when the data set is large
> number
> >of  complex values specially mesh plotted for a 3d
> effect.
> > 
> >
> >So before I plot, I just run the data set a few times
> >through my "reducrows.m and reducecolumns.m" programs.
>   
> >
> 
> Basically, we have a windows-based data collection
> system, and I would like to use octave to visualize data
> in near real-time as it's being collected to verify that
> I have what I want. So, the plotting is the application
> in this case. The data collection will involve travel to
> a remote site, and it is important to verify while on
> site that we have good data so that the trip doesn't need
> to be repeated. Then I can do all the post-processing I
> want (on Linux, my preferred platform) when I get back to
> the office.
> 
> Doing some data reduction to speed it up is an option,
> but it's frustrating to see Matlab plot something big in
> a couple of seconds and then watch octave and gnuplot
> spend close to a full minute doing the same thing.
> Supposedly the gnuplot folks are working on this, though.
> 
> Quentin
>